title: Arachidonic acid 15-lipoxygenase from rabbit peritoneal polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Partial purification and properties.
abstract: Arachidonic acid 15-lipoxygenase was purified from rabbit peritoneal polymorphonuclear leukocytes. The enzyme was recovered in the cytosol fraction after sonication and purified about 250-fold by acetone precipitation, column chromatography on CM52, Sephadex G-150, and hydroxyapatite. The enzyme catalyzed the conversion of arachidonic acid to 15-hydroperoxy-5,8,11,13-eicosatetraenoic acid (15-HPETE), which then decomposed to a mixture of 15-hydroxy-5,8,11,13-eicosatetraenoic acid (15-HETE), 15-keto-5,8,11,13-eicosatetraenoic acid, 13-hydroxy-14,15-epoxy-5,8,11-eicosatrienoic acid, and 11,14,15-trihydroxy-5,8,12-eicosatrienoic acid. The enzyme was specific for oxygenation at carbon 15 of arachidonic acid. The apparent molecular weight of the enzyme was about 61,000 as measured by Sephadex G-150 gel filtration chromatography. The enzyme was sensitive to sulfhydryl-blocking reagents such as p-chloromercuribenzoic acid. The enzyme activity was inhibited by eicosatetraynoic acid (ETYA) or 3-amino-1-(m-(trifluoromethyl)-phenyl)2-pyrazoline (BW755C), but not by indomethacin up to 200 micrograms/ml.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001091:Arachidonate Lipoxygenases; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000097:blood; D002413:Cations, Divalent; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D007700:Kinetics; D008084:Lipoxygenase / Q000097:blood* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000201:enzymology*; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D002413:Cations, Divalent; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001091:Arachidonate Lipoxygenases; D008084:Lipoxygenase